The Burglar and the Butter Run to Gotham
Two brothers plan to sell butter from their cellar and travel to New York. They pocket a thousand dollars during a night in a hotel but a red headed burglar stalks the suite. Shots are fired, a pursuit ensues, and the brothers barely escape with money and pride intact.
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Gill
Ayne Prtcy
Clara
Jenny Danvers
Gilbert Sai Fai Joshua Grimes
Mary Green
Jenny
Polly
G. Piso
York
Busan
Gil
Josh
New York
Dulay Capeaanel
John
Dad
Mother
Ane
Broadway
Ible Eng
Shayeon
Brucedes
North Pole
Footatepa
Joab
Samson
Bey Oon
Acs
Hell Oak
Joah
Leas
Clara Danvers
Jill
Daddy Grimes
Science and Invention New Paper Wool Stockings
APER stockings and gloves are in progress of manufacture and said to last almost as long as those made from ordinary materials. The process turns paper into a woollike substance woven and treated as wool. The article hints at paper shirts may follow.
Welding Aluminium Advances by Coles Process
Electro chemist Mr Cowper Coles has developed a new aluminium welding method. Joints are heated with a benzine lamp and pressed together so the melted aluminium pushes out oxide and forms a ring around the weld. The weld is quenched and claimed to be as strong as the surrounding metal.
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Cowper Coles
Saltiness of the Dead Sea discussed in Palestine survey
In a Palestine Exploration Fund quarterly report Mr W Ackroyd argues the Dead Sea’s high salinity may exceed what chlorides from Palestine rocks or historical sea connections could explain. He hints at a possible atmospheric transport of salt as a contributing factor.
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Palestine Exploration Fund
W. Ackroyd
Dead Sea
Palestine
Red Sea
The Mystery of Sleep in John Bigelow's Volume
A discussion of John Bigelow's volume on sleep and dreams. The author questions whether portions of life are spent in sleep and whether dreams reveal spiritual growth. Rogers argues for keeping sacred mysteries from waking awareness, while critics at The Atheneum find such opinions hard to refute.
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John Bigelow
Rogers
Atheneum
Conceptions of Spiritual Development in Human Life
The text argues that humans decline in spiritual experience from infancy onward. It cites Buffon describing the oyster as a creature formed to sleep, implying a contrast to higher spiritual power. The passage mentions Dr. Bigelow seeking molluscs to find the acme of spiritual power.
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Buffon
Ao Oyster
Ifi
Dr. Bigelow
Martian Mare Erythrum color change linked to canals
The article notes observed color shifts on Mars between March and June 1903. Lowell records a brown Mare Erythreum near Hellas, with blue green regions receding as canals fade, suggesting vegetation needs canal water while brown tones reflect exposed soil on beds of Martian seas.
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Lowell
Mare Erythreum
Mare Erythrium
Hellas
Aer
Canala
Yeas
Lord Kelvin on Deep Water Waves at Royal Society
At a Royal Society of Edinburgh meeting Lord Kelvin presented a continuation of his 1887 work on two dimensional waves in deep water. He discussed disturbances and the challenges of calculating wave patterns from objects entering the water, noting progress and remaining gaps in the theory.
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Royal Society of Edinburgh
Lord Kelvin
Dee Water
Royal Society
Medicians
Ving
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